Conveyer.



No. 828,331. PATENTED AUG. 14, 1906.

' Lf MOSS., CONVEYBRV APPLIoA'Tlo-N RILBD JULY 29, isos.

" PATENTE) AUG. 14, woe,

Noi 828,331.

E. WWE V .eN L 0 APPLICATION FLED .TULY29, 1903.

2 SHEETS-SH "T UNITED s'ArEsrrENr OEEIOE.

LINCOLN Moss', OENEW YORK, N. Y., AssIGNoR To THE ROBINS CONVEYING BELT COMPANY,v or NEW YORK, N. Y., A coarof RATION IOF NEW JERSEY.

GONVE'YER.

No. esseci Specification. of Letters Patent;v

Patented Angina 190e.

ppuouon alga my 29,190?. serial No. maar?.

.State of .New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Conveyers,

of which the following is a specification accom anied by drawings.

'I s invention relates to conveying apparatus, but more Vparticularly to that class of .ap aratus known as bridge conveyers,

an the objects of the invention are to im prove upon-the construction of such appara- ,tus and increase its efficiency of operation.

Another object of the invention is to enable material to be delivered to a storage pile without necessitating a drop from a great height, which is apt to break the material to be. stored. According to this invention breaka eis reduced to a minimum.

Further o jects of this invention will hereinafter appear; aid to these ends the invention consists of apparatus for carrying out the above objects, embod of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts havin ,the general modeof o eration substantially as here.

inafter fullyl escribed and claimed in thisspeciflcation and shown in the accompanyin drawings, in Which- .v

iglne 1 is a side elevationfof apparatus embod 'ng the invention. Fig. 2 isa lan view o the same, partl broken away. ig.4 3 is an end elevation o the apparatus. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view, partly in section, showing the universal joint for the movable arm; and Fi 5 is an enlarged detail view ofa side elevationof the universal joint.

Referring to the drawingaA represents a `railroad-track or other. suitable way upon which loaded cars are adapted to travel and Bre resents a storage ile to-Which the vloads ont e cars are adapte to be delivered. The

pileB may replresent coal or any other suitable giaterial. T

e sup orting structure C for vthe railroad-tracks .is is provided Withchutes D for'the discharge of material from the cars.

E represents a traveling brid e, provided I with the rollers F runniiigi upon t e tracks G,

which tracks are errang as shown, at yeach side of the storage pileB, so that the bridge extends acrossl epile. The bridge may be ofany suitable and desirable constructiony the features traveling ho in order to afford a supportin -ramework for the apparatus to be describe v At one side of the bridge is a tower H, to which is universally pivoted a frame I, pro: vided with the continuously-traveling belt conveyer J, passing over the pulleys K and L at the respective ends of the frame I. In 6c this instance the frame I is ivoted for vertical movement about the s aft 25, which is] shown as the axisof the pulley K, although the pivotal axis of the frame and the axis of 1.1. the pulley need not be the same, and other suitable.' constructions may be provided, if desired. The shaft 25 has its bearings in the bracket 26, which in turn is mounted to rotate horizontally on the vertical pivot-pin 27, secured upon the frame of the tower. The 7o construction described thus forms a universal joint for the frame I. Suitable means are provided for raisin and lowering the outer end of the frame I an conveyor J, as by means of the block P and 7 5 Y' tackle Q. The tackle for raising and lowering the conveyerJ is preferably rove through blocks on the. bridge and on ythe tower and taken to a drum on the hoisting-engine R. In other words, the conveyer'J is pivoted on l8c the tower at its receiving end or tail end/inf such manner as to be capable of angular movement in all. directions, this lmovement bein controlled by means situated between the 'schar e or vhead end of the conveyer 85 and the bri ge.

A continuously-traveling belt conveyor -S extends alongthe tracks A and is' supported upon a framework T, connected to the tower of the bridge, so that the entire conveyerS 9o moves with the brid e. Another conveyer .U, as shown, is carrie -by the bridge and eX- tends from the conveyer S in an upward -direction, discharging upon the tail end of the conveyer J, so..that material received upon the conveyer Siis carried u w'rdly to con-l r 'veyer J and from 'thence disc arged upon the storage pile.

extend at each side ofthe conveyer S, and a er W runs upon said tracks. zoov As shown, suitable tracks V Material isde vered from the chute or chutes vD into the traveling ho er W and from.

thence upon the conveyer A The cars upon-the trestle C' are unloaded,`

therefore, upon the conveyer S, and the coal Io 5 or othenmate'rial is can'iedby the said 'com 've-yer to its whead end and there discharged upon' the taii end'of conveyer U through the chute K. Conveyer U in turn discharges.

the coal through a chute Y upon the tail end of the conveyer J, from the head end' of which it is discharged upon the Stora e pile B.

Ythen starting the pile, the hea pf conveyer J is iowered as near the ground as possi-V ble without giving the conveyer so great an inoline that the coal will slide on the belt, and' then the conveyer is gradually raised as the piie grows in height,being kept a short distance above the apex of the pile. In this way the coal has only a slight drop from the conve er to the storage pile and breakage isreducexi7 to a i'ninimum. In handling anthracite coal especir-iiy this is a very important consideration, as it is also in case of numerous other materials. It is often found necessary to store various materials to height of seventy-five in the form of a traveling bridge or a traveling framework; but the lnvention is not to be understood as being limited to a bridge which travels. Upon this bridge are disposed two conveye'rs at an angle to each other, arranged in different planes, and another conveyer connects the discharge end of fone with the tail end of the other. The conveyer S, extending in the direction of movement of the bridge, may be termed the receiving-conveyer, since 1t receives the material from the cars to be unloaded.r The conveyer J, the discharge end of which is movable in all directions, may be termed the discharging-conveyer, since the material is delivered from the discharge end upon the storage pile. The conveyer U, :arranged between the conveyers Sand J, may be termed the connectingconveyen since it connects the discharge end of one conveyer with the tail end of the other.

Obviously some features of this invention may be used withoutothers, and the invention may be embodied in widely-varying forms. Therefore, without limiting the invention to the construction shown and described, nor enumerating equivalents, I claim, and desire to obtain by Letters Patent, the following:

f1. A conveying Vapparatus comprising a traveling support constructed to extend over a stock pile, a conveyer arranged to discharge on said stock pile and capable of anseaeei gular movement, said conveyer being sup ported by said support at one side of the stock pile and constructed. to extend inwardly over the stock pile, and means for controlling the angular movement or said conveyer, for substantially the purposesset forth.

u 2. A conveying apparatus comprising a traveling bridge arranged to span a stock pile, a 'conveyer arranged .to discharge on said pile and having the receiving end thereof supported at one side of the bridge, the discharge end being capable of movement in any direction, and means for controlling .the angular movement of said'conveyer, for subgtantially the purposes set forth.

3. In conveying apparatus, the'combination with a traveling support, an upper and-a lower conveyer carried thereby and movable therewith, the upper conveyer beingcapable of angular movement and havin its receiving end at a higher elevation than t e lower conveyer, of means for transferring material 'from the lower to the upper conveyer', for substantially the purposes set forth.

4. In conveying apparatus, the combination of a traveling support, two conveyerscarried thereby and movable therewith, one conveyer being vcapable of angular, movement and arranged at a higher elevation than the other conveyer, and means separate from both of said conveyers for transferring material from the other conveyer to the conveyer capable of angular movement, for substantially the purposes set forth.

5. In conveying apparatus, the combination of a traveling support and two conveyers vcarried by the support and disposed -at an angle to each other'andin different planes', the upper conveyer being capable of angular adjustment, and another conveyer connecting the discharge end of the lower conveyer wit the receiving end of the upper conveyer,1for substantially the purposes set forth.

6. In conveying apparatus, the combina-4 tion of two conveyers arran ed at 'an-angle to each other and in different p anes, and a trav cling support for the same, the discharge'end of one of said conveyors being movab e 1n .a

vertical plane, means for controlling -said movementI and a third conveyer connecting the two said conveyers, for substantially the purposes set forth. 1

7. In conveying apparatus, the combinatonof a traveling bridge, .a receiving-conveyer extending in the direction of the'movement of said bridge, a discharging-conveyer disposed at an angle to said receiving-corrveyer and capable of movement .in a vertical lane, and a connecting-conveyer .interposed between the receiving and discharging conveyers and arrangedA at an angle toeach, for substantially the purposes set forth.

v8. In conveying apparatus the combinationof a ytraveling bridge and receiving-.dis-

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charging, and connecting conveyers-arranged thereon, the discharging conveyer being capable of movement in a vertical plane', fol"l substantially the purposes set forth.

5 9. In conveying apparatus, the combinar, tion with a traveling support, two conveyers.

carried thereby and movable therewith, one conveyer being su ported'at a -hi her level than the other an bein angulary adjustne able, and means for ingmateriall discharged by the lower conveyer and depositing t e said material upon .the upper con'- veyer, for substantially the purposes set forth.

r 5 -10.. In conveying apparatus, the combinal l .h Y l e, a conveyer angular'ly adjustable in a ertical plane disposed at an angle to the tionefatraveling bridge, a conveyer Iextendv thedirection of move'ment' of the txnentioned conveyor, and a third conveyer interposed between the other two oonvegers andarranged at an angle to each, `fo\r` su stantially the'purposes set forth. In testimony` whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscrib ing witnesses.

` LINCOLN MOSS. Witnesses:

EMIL CEAS. Eene, Rescol: L. PETERSON. 

